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Legal Bibliography

Legal Bibliography. Introduction and Statutory Resources. Legal Bibliography. Part I Two sessions last fall Part IIA Four Lectures this week Part IIB Two sessions in early February, one lecture next fall Part III CALR Training. Types of Resources. Primary Resources Contain “The Law”

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Legal Bibliography

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  1. Legal Bibliography Introduction and Statutory Resources

  2. Legal Bibliography • Part I • Two sessions last fall • Part IIA • Four Lectures this week • Part IIB • Two sessions in early February, one lecture next fall • Part III • CALR Training

  3. Types of Resources • Primary Resources • Contain “The Law” • Secondary Resources • Explain “The Law”

  4. Types of Law • Statutory Law • Case Law • Administrative Law

  5. Types of Authority • Mandatory • Law in Applicable Jurisdiction • Persuasive • Law in a Different Jurisdiction

  6. Publication of Statutes • Slip Laws • Individual Pamphlet

  7. Pub. L. 101-580

  8. Publication of Statutes • Slip Laws • Individual Pamphlet • Session Laws • Chronological Arrangement

  9. Citation: 104 Stat. 2863

  10. Publication of Statutes • Slip Laws • Individual Pamphlet • Session Laws • Chronological Arrangement • Code • Subject Arrangement

  11. 35 U.S.C. §105

  12. Types of Codes • Official • Government-authorized publication • Unofficial • Commercial publication

  13. Code Formats • Unannotated Codes • Text of Law • Statutory History

  14. Unannotated Code Text of Law

  15. Unannotated Code Statutory History

  16. Code Formats • AnnotatedCodes • Text of Law • Statutory History • Research Assistance • Case Annotations • Cites to Secondary Resources

  17. Annotated Code Text of Law

  18. Annotated Code Statutory History

  19. Annotated Code Annotations follow the text of the law

  20. Annotated Code Legislative History Information

  21. Annotated Code American Digest System --Index to Cases

  22. Annotated Code Cites to Secondary Resources, e.g. Legal Encyclopedias and Law Review articles

  23. Annotated Code Case Annotations-- Synopses of Cases decided under this code section

  24. Annotated Code Breakdown of topics in Notes of Decisions

  25. Federal Codes • United States Code • United States Code Annotated • United States Code Service

  26. United States Code • Official publication • Unannotated format • Republished every 6 years with annual supplements • Slow publication schedule

  27. U.S. Annotated Codes • Commercial Publications • Annotated format • Volumes republished as needed • Frequent updating schedule through Pocket Parts and Advance Sheets

  28. State Codes • All states have at least one annotated code. • Many states also have an unannotated code. • Check Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation, pp. 170-225 to determine what resources are available for a particular state.

  29. Finding Statutory Law • Does the Federal government have a law prohibiting debt collectors from harassing consumers?

  30. Starting your Search • Determine Jurisdiction • Federal • Determine Appropriate Resource • United States Code Annotated or United States Code Service • Determine Relevant Keywords for use in Code’s General Index

  31. Under Consumer Credit Protection— Debt Collection Practices

  32. Harassment or abuse by debt collectors, prohibitions 15 § 1692d

  33. Updating Statutory Research • Main Volume

  34. Title Page Published in 1998

  35. Text of Law as of 1998

  36. Updating Statutory Research • Main Volume • Pocket Parts or Free-standing Supplements

  37. Covers from 1998 to January 2004

  38. Pocket parts contain new amendments and annotations from last publication of the main volume until publication date of pocket part.

  39. New Amendments, if any, would be published after the heading, followed by new annotations.

  40. Updating Statutory Research • Main Volume • Pocket Parts or Free-standing Supplements • Advance Sheets

  41. Advance Sheets • Advance Code Service

  42. Advance Code Services contain new amendments and new annotations since publication of the pocket part.

  43. 1692d—No amendment but one new case

  44. Advance Sheets • Advance Code Services • Legislative Services and Interim Annotation Services

  45. Legislative Services publish new slip laws. A table of sections affected indicates whether a particular section has been changed. Slip Laws Tables

  46. No Changes to 15 U.S.C. 1692d

  47. Legislative Services only update the text of the law. Newer annotations are published in Interim Annotation, or Later Case Services

  48. Sec. 1692d—new case, no new secondary resources

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